From the late Classical period and more so in Romantic and Modern opera, the weight settled into the orchestra, with read more

From the late Classical period and more so in Romantic and Modern opera, the weight settled into the orchestra, with the voices as a free obbligato above it, ... That just drives me crazy. I want the vocal line to be as much the core as the bass line. I want to create the illusion that the voice generates harmony, color, line, everything.

You can be a famous poisoner or a successful poisoner, but not both, and the same seems to apply to read more

You can be a famous poisoner or a successful poisoner, but not both, and the same seems to apply to Great Train Robbers.

He called me a bigot two times.

He called me a bigot two times.

I live in a high rise with my family part of the year in New York and I don't know read more

I live in a high rise with my family part of the year in New York and I don't know three quarters of the people in the building. We live in the same square-footage and I wouldn't know who they were.

Only the winners decide what were war crimes.

Only the winners decide what were war crimes.

A lot of kids get caught in a gap. They think they're going to college, but when they graduate, they read more

A lot of kids get caught in a gap. They think they're going to college, but when they graduate, they have a job or are not sure.

There's a very tight balance in world supply and demand.

There's a very tight balance in world supply and demand.

But the development of human society does not go straight forward; and the epic process will therefore be a recurring read more

But the development of human society does not go straight forward; and the epic process will therefore be a recurring process, the series a recurring series - though not in exact repetition.

Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else. No other argument is necessary to suggest that never read more

Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else. No other argument is necessary to suggest that never miss the opportunity to give encouragement.